Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Any moth of the noctuid or deltoid family Hypenidæ: so named from the long, compressed, obliquely ascending palpi. See cut under Hypena.
  • noun A pyralid moth, as of the family Crambidæ: so called because the palpi are large, erect, and hairy, together forming a process like a snout in front of the head. See cut under Crambidæ.

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  • In 1984, the population density of snout-moth larva and leafhopper were investigated.

    Chapter 5 1995

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